Colloquium
Upcoming Colloquium
Student Presentations
Students, CSU Long Beach
May 1 and May 3, 2023
11:00am in HSCI-105
CSULB Physics students present their research.
The Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in physics and what physicists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State University Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in physics. All students are encouraged to attend for a well-rounded experience and training in physics.
Colloquium Coordinator
For information and suggestions about the colloquium please contact the colloquium coordinator:
Dr. Zoltan Papp
Zoltan.Papp@csulb.edu
Schedule
The first Colloquium for Spring 2023 is on Monday, January 30. Additional details about colloquia will be posted as information becomes available.
Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
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May 1, 2023 | Student Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
May 3, 2023 | Student Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
Previous Colloquia
Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
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April 24, 2023 | Curved Magnetism: Magnetic Nanocap Thin Films | Dr. Jiyeong Gu, CSU Long Beach |
April 17, 2023 | Aneutronic Fusion as a Driver for Technology Innovation | Dr. Artem Smirnov, TAE Technologies Inc. |
April 10, 2023 | From 'Spooky Action at a Distance' to Quantum Computers | Dr. Tibor Rakovszky, Stanford University |
April 3, 2023 | Building an Extremely Bright Compton X-ray and Gamma Source, the Physics Behind It | Ferenc Raksi, Lumitron Technologies |
March 20, 2023 | Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon | Dr. Zoltan Fodor, Penn State |
March 13, 2023 | Polymers and Parkinson's: Elucidating Protein Function through Soft Matter Paradigms and Techniques | Dr. Peter Chung, USC |
March 3, 2023 | Quantum Computing: From the Basics to Applications | Dr. Rubem Mondaini, Beijing Computational Science Research Center |
March 1, 2023 | Non-equilibrium and Topological Phenomena in the Era of Quantum Systems by Design | Ian Mondragon-Shem, Northwestern University |
February 27, 2023 | Unconventional Superconductivity in Dirac Materials | Dr. Tommy Li, Freie Universität Berlin |
February 24, 2023 | Intersections of Quantum Matter | Dr. Sarah E. Grefe, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
February 20, 2023 | The Confining Phase Transition in Lattice Quantum Electrodynamics | Dr. Lee C. Loveridge, Pierce College |
February 13, 2023 | Low Energy Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the Spallation Neutron Source | Dr. Samuel Hedges, Lawrence Livermore National Lab |
February 6, 2023 | Spintronics: Ultrafast Spin Currents at Room Temperature | Dr. Thomas Gredig, CSU Long Beach |
January 30, 2023 | Shedding Starlight on the Galaxy's Past | Dr. Joel Zinn, CSU Long Beach |
The Colloquium Archive has the Colloquia from previous semesters.
Sponsors
We acknowledge with gratitude donations and support from the following present sponsors:
- H.E. and H.B. Miller and Family Endowment
- Benjamin Carter
- American Physical Society
- Anonymous
We also acknowledge with gratitude our past donors: The Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Sandra Dana, Anonymous.
If you wish to support the Colloquium, please contact the colloquium coordinator or the department chair. Thank you!